The Captain George Dorrance House is an historic house in Foster, Rhode Island. It is located on the west side of the road, a short way south of its junctions with Plain Woods Road, not far from the Connecticut border. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a gable roof and a large central chimney. The main block was built c. 1720, and a leanto was added c. 1750. It is one of the best-preserved early 18th-century houses in the state.[2]
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| Location | 2 Jencks Rd., Foster, Rhode Island |
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| Coordinates | 41°44′22″N 71°47′12″W / 41.73944°N 71.78667°W |
| Built | 1720 |
| Architectural style | Colonial |
| NRHP reference No. | 72000039 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 16, 1972.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Captain George Dorrance House" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-09-16.